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Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

Posror. IHne 7.--sSfFsrss hEnarsa dsie
gate - zrsat ocof sn8 shoe workers con.
rention IN Brocktoa hsVe xrrfse3 here
They csu1e fr0zB al CARTS ef the ceuntrv
The fteiinE isesberai thsts nstfensl orzsa
etio1 = aecessary Add that tie entire con
trsi of sbsir s1sirs should be IN fheir owr
han.is, iaaspea6e1t & he Knights o
Laser
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

B1Arxr win sail for Europe today.
lie nay rest whils 10 Is absosd bat il
il - too much to hope thss this country
vii gst any rest from the twaddls
abocs him.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

Tuesday morning. tie thirteenth day cut.
the steward came banging away a. onr DOR
and told ~ land was IN sight, and Plymouth,
England, oar Stopping place. would soon hs
reached. We got on oar clothes IN lsrs tine
than II the house had been ca llre. and has,
ricd up on deck, aud when I l0soked 81 the
hills Of good, bard. solid ground. an FIRE %
confess that never sass - much beauty la
plain, ordinary. common dirt Ia the whole
course OF my existencs. / didn't kees whetlsr
IL was land cn which a throne sci or not.
didn't kesr whetker il was an empire on king.
dom or republe; il was lassd. and lana. any
kind Of land, was what was wsislng and
longing for. The tears came 10 Mandys
eyes as she looked, and thcagh We had made
many good friends On the ship, and every
body had been mighty clever TO uS. The land
was what we wanted, and we shook hands
ell around, and with many anf wisdersebnx
we got of ON the fcndsr that came Cor Us,
and left the Rhs-tis probably forever
didn't make a speech. but did ask she
captain OF the tender % shut down the safety
waive and iet her 60 for shere. II she rss ten
miles Up hill he didn't DO u. though. lsat
in due time put "a Of at tie plymouth docs.
and when We touched bottom we walkef Up
and down as proud al . pair Of colts in a
green pasture, and thanked the Lord that we
had been born land animals instead of lsh.
In my next win tell you Of Plymouth
Yours truly, W. . WAxEx
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

1hs DsaeCfut Ess 80 aB1ious - gel
BLaIzE ont of tbs eoansry that y mAde
hiza sall lor zasope last SATURDAY.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

wifs-Hbo j. tissa rude pefssf in fift 80.
ner. IoliinE oa TIE tAIle ~ ~ esfsf
H'lsiand- That, ny o~sr = nsmiel Jors-<.
tse octor
Wife-WhT. be tste< fiss part - fieh
torel xeaflsspan oa the stage
Hilsta1,6-io ~ dos Due Il At. sx.~
otAssf - JoBss - Chicago Nera
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

y this tosn were - hsss - mary
cable roads as j. hss sehsmes for sash
fsasis Il 1oai b ons vass zridlFOn.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

Brooklyn bes discovered from lhs re-
port q ihs Brildiag Commis0ionsr's De-
partn.sut thss is IL basinz boom along
with the rest of ths country. Is appears
that during ss month 0f Nay AZ Per-
raits we're issued for the erection Of bufiI-
inss whose estinnated cost is S2.tt9.s'i6
This - large incFeass over isst year's
record for he month, While for ths fvs
months OF ies7 now pessed 1,s75 permits
have bssn granted as asainst 1,s79 LIST
year. The Clty Of Churches siresdy be-
giiss 50 tslk of annsxipg New York aasl
t-sornina H..
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

Con1sntzsns and GOD hamor are the
chsapsst 5ammsr fesorts, and tney ass
nsgsr oRsrcFowisi With gussts.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

A Legislature whicn does rot Dissolve
nnder sucA heat - We have hsd tor .
fsw dsgs psss csnnot be sxpsctsd 70
have any tears ior the future.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

Tbs Prssislsni % ssi1snily kind to the
correspondents who are sith hin. Not
enc q thsm reports him % have gone
Eshing on Sunday.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

TIE executive eAamDsr at Albany =
sarnishsd II an szpsaas o. s75,ooo, fsaF-
fally ous Of proporiioa 70 ths value q The
oscuDaok
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

TiR Htnfa Cetssus ieo8sssifs ~ kfiz5ns
So eoes~se via fe'sffeo tftf1ss itseftff
and eissns 75T nn,rHeias 49, l1.1k ise
si,evs ths ie~el ~ ls,e .ea
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

a BUTLkR cloud "a large as = mans
band hss risen in The East. and some
uasasinsss Is already felt among tbs
Democratic polite. ms, Who don's know
inst What 4 means. The clc1d nov rests
ovsr Bcston only, where BUvIEH Club
has Just bean formed inclading in iis
usmborship sofae oi The best knovo
Democrats IN New England. Ths sub-
isct on which anxisty principally certsrs
is whas BUrrzR Intends % Do With his
club; whsthsr be vii weld Il fcr OF
sgsipst shs Democratic candidate 10 1853
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

The German poet ofE1ce bureao reTyffs tbat
during his recent birtbdsy utek ne emperor
received 1,ssI registered ard iss ordinary
letters. - parcels ard 80 congrssalatogy
teffosarre
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

TIE LAasinz kspN5sicga . TO
Frsnahl xbsn q pronouacss foLnErE -
II ihs name we're FoLLx
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

The ysllow-fsvsr scare at Sc. Augus-
tine. FLORIDA VIII result in much coed II
it lasts long enough 10 get the city thor
oughly clsxnsd A dirty city N . south
srn climate in bot weather - nest al
luring spot Tor sny disease which is loaf-
ing around looking for place 10 settle.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

Nazistrne,--4 F<<as E1caitr kst~s=n
iasi~e - Zee ~ ezrrs ssstssusi besn xnsaxi
FlssatsfTs fAuySr--N<t yss.
NsEsssfa - y hsf = ~<esf 49, ras6sr.ss
Tsse Ctras sssisza sfseTsex
N.eisz1te-Tas - ac~ e~nsr - 80 -
frusb- ths ~bese t~e1k. etx - 1fls1si;gs
GaA
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

TIE station known ~ Nast Chester fon
tAe Maskexon. g z. = + viii Aerezfsr -
easled conkEn. A poseoEsee hes been 80
tshiishel tasrs VIA Nra II. Mn3m n
chsree Ttes aosF~Sfre iisfls kare sar.
rear. ID hv 4 rica farsaine country srs to
residents scink fhss n feu yssrs u ~
trsrssef nsore h,ssiasss thsa spsrsa q
ef Crosers~iiie-
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

Rev. Or. SUNDERLAND viii doubtless
receive much attention in Detroit,
where hs win spend part OF his vsca-
ton. Perhaps the next best thing "a
seeing the President or his wife is see.
ing the man who married them.
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

J r Hsr~is. ~ ~hesovvilie feif Thsr-s.ssr
the Hastings bsli ctae. ssiaxY ksso pw
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

In he snprning islt Tocky--s good dssl
flks dia tia 2as go t@ek ffoao tlss sast
oensrszson1l fanss2l-bei notAced ttse bal
was sxezdlsF. saa 1 fssf Aks tssre ~~s Fposn
ifls1ls - lss los ztont sacs - hoaf sEso A2m
of nls@t kahdy sid siss ~2s fssiins fssskr.
to-. snd Ne ga np snd q hre3kf-s. thaE
aistlost nl2Ele us ashamed of ourselves Thai
was TIE iA<t q cur sasssoknesS. fE tbs hal
amos % the trip ~az IN sins wearher TAT shas
se bad icarnsd rae fEfly that = msghiy utt.s
sss.sicknes goss q mighty lons Ways
Tie resl q tbs VOYAGE wss afsoui a. unin-
fefe~fing ~ the ssBste ohAnter L wilea =
dul senator has got the toos. aud ws pnt in
the Ten remaining days talking and rc&4lns
snf walking TIE deck. waiting and visiting
for the and % eosss in sght ] taiksa sons<
politics do~n Einaag HE sfeeraee f4ssangers.
bat wheB foanc they were gclng back 80
Germany 10 i've, l cessclasied that political
edacatioB wasnt what they were after. aud
as they had no votes 60 pay their tuition With,
quit. and seRt back on the main deck
Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

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aext aoSf : lave ssesn e<.f NstA stx tcKs
god tzszss tiass< - ne GAtisa..1 r@EetAi.
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fell frQas gr4ns lnnsx tsalse tl.zn oaes, -
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Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

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Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10

lloyd BREEZE, EDfToR.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
Wives OF the Presidents.

The inner circles of what may be
called the Presidential society have al
ways been the subject of much COM
ment and gossip among what may be
termed the outer circles. Thus Mrs.
Abigail Adams, wife of Vice Presi-
dent John Adams, wrote as follows of
Mrs. Washington: "She endears her.
self to all, not by what she is so much
as by what she is not, and makes up
by cordiality the shortcomings of an
early education" In turn Mrs. Adams,
when her husband became President,
was commented upon as follows in one
of the private letters of the day: "She
is prim, cold and possesses too much
mind for the very little heart that
hardly seems to beat under her taffeta
gown" BY the aristocracy of Vir-
ginia Mrs. Madison was called "the
Quaker widow" and gentlemen were
''too fond of her society,"" in the COM
mon parlance of the day. The man.
ners of Mrs. Monroe were ''too much
of the French school," and it was
asserted that the niece of General
Jackson, who presided over his house
hold, had no manners at ALL" Mrs.
Harrison left the White House before
her manners were developed, and while
the first wife of John Tyler was ''too
Old" the second was ''too young"
Mrs. Polk wore "shawls and turban,"
as well as paste jewelry. Mrs. TAYLOR
did not receive" Mrs. Fillmore twas
deaf" Mrs. Pierce, sad and afflicted,
never laid off her mourning" Miss
Lane was greatly admired by all here.
Mrs. Lincoln's love for her husband
covered multitude of sins" But
we are getting down among persons
living and must stop. Fifty years
from now extracts from letters will be
published giving different view of
Mrs. Cleveland from what is in the
"rose-colored sketches of the lady cor
respondents. Ben Ferley Poore in
Omaha Republican.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
MirrOrs-How They are Made.

"There are three kinds of mirrors
known TO commerce" said looking
glass maker to st. Louis Globe
writer, 1.-The French plate, the German
plate and the common American plate,
usually called shocks. The latter can
be told by their tendency TO plant the
nose well around the ear, or more or
less successful effort to get both eyes
in the same place. The German plate
is imported in regular sizes, already
silvered. 1t is very thin, but gen
orally perfect glass, and comes about
one-fifth cheaper than the French'plate,
which is used altogether for tirst-class
mirrors. The difference can be told
by pressing the finger on the face of
the glass, by which the thickness can
be readily perceived. There are three
factories in the United States manu-
featuring plate glass, but none of them
has yet succeeded in securing the
necessary whiteness and freedom from
bubbles. Imperfections that are mot
noticeable in clear plate become very
prominent when silvered. Silvering
quality glass, as it is known, is care
fully selected by the French manufac-
turers and sold for that purpose, COM
handing a higher price than the bal
ance of the product. There are two
different processes of silvering, mer-
curry being used for one and nitrate of
silver for the other. The latter are
known as patent backs although not
patented, and are generally replacing
mercury on account of the greatly de-
creased risk in handling. In the former
process a sheet of tin foil, somewhat
larger than the mirror wanted, is
placed upon level table, the bed of
which is of glass or marble, and which
must be absolutely clear and free from
even the slightest scratch. Strips of
glass are then placed on the edges of
the foil to prevent the mercury from
running off. AS much mercury as the
Enclosure will hold is then poured over
the foil, after which the plate is floated
on and entirely covered with heavy
iron weights. The table is then tilted
and the surplus mercury drains off,
after which they are stood on edge to
dry, which requires from one to two
weeks. In making patent back the
glass is laid on table, underneath
which is Il steam coil. The nitrate of
silver in solution is then poured on, a
gentle heat applied, and the silver pre-
cipitated. The back is then painted
and the mirror is complete. Either
process requires a great amount of
skill and care Absolute cleanliness is
imperatively necessary in every part of
the work Distilled water is used in
cleaning the plate preparatory to sill
vering, and drop of perspiration or
dust spoils the work."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
Proverbs Relating to Clouds.

There can be no doubt that those
who observe the clouds can make pretty
Shrewd gueSseS as to the weather for
the next twentv-fOur hours. Proverbs
relating to clouds are very numerous,
and we give few of those which are
applicable at this time of the year:
Anvil-shaped clouds are very likely
to be followed by a gale of wind.
If the sky becomes darker, without
much rain. and divides into two layers
of clouds, expect sudden gusts of wind.
Brassy -colored clouds in the west at
sunset indicate wind.
If you see clouds going cross wind,
there is storm in the air.
When on clear days isolated clouds
drive over the zenith from the rain
wind side, storm and rain follow within
twenty-fOur hours.
If the clouds be of different heights,
the sky being grayish or dirty blue,
with hardly any wind stirring, the
wind, however, changing from west to
south, expect storm.
Black clouds in the north in winter
indicate approaching snow.
If OH fair day i'll winter white
Dtillh vi ClOtluS appear lCttg, Win a.
very blue sky, expect cold rain or
snow.
II clouds be dark,
Twill rain, do you bark?
If clouds be bright,
Twill clear tonight
If layer of thin clouds drive up
from the northwest, and under other
moving more to the south, expect fine
weather.
Clouds in the east, obscuring the
sun, indicate fair weather.
If the sky beyond the clouds is blue
BE glad there is n picnic for you.
If clouds at the same height drive
up with the wind and gradually be-
come thinner and descend, expect fine
weather.
Enough blue sky in the northwest to
make Scotchman jacket is sign of
approaching clear weather.
When the clouds hang on the moDn-
tain side after "A rain, and the sun
shines on top of the mountains the
storm is over.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
THE OLD FASHIONED DOCTOR.
BY III. G. DODGE.

O. don't you remember tho old fashioned doc
Who. when we were children, would enter the
And, looking as wise IA an owl or proctor.
Would brighten and NIL with thoughts OF
the tomb?
To stick out our tongue, which we'd do with
such dread
And give while he handled our pulses so
roughly,
An ominous shake of his solemn old head
And then. while he listened to mothers de-
scription
OF things we had eaton and what we had
done,
Ne grimIy would write his old Latin prescrip-
ton
For nastiest medicines under the sun.
Those horrible doses. How mother would scold
And beg us and buy us to take 'em I'm vain.
And o. how we'd struggle when father would
hold us
And squeeze shut our noses regardless Of
pain.
And. when forced to open our mouths. quickly
mother
Would shove in spoonful that stransled us
till
We spluttered it out-just in time for another
It's vile, deathly tastes in our memory still.
Thank goodness that old fashioned dosing is en-
ded.
With sweet candy pellets and powders in
lieu,
The sick little toddlers who take em so splendid
That even the well ones cry for EN- too.
Detroit Free Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
She Had to Wait.

There was lawn party at the Yer
ger mansion, on Austin avenue. Quite
a number of the leading families were
present. Mrs. Yerger was showing off
the grounds TO her guests, when her
little daughter, Fanny, ran up to her
and exclaimed:
Mamma, watch me stand on my
head like brother Bill"
Don't you do anything of the kind.
1t is not proper for little girl to stand
on her head"
III try and make haste and grow,
and when | am IA big girl then | can
stand on my head, can't /, MAJ"
This explains why visitors ask Mr..
Yerger what has become of dear little
Fanny, as they hadn't seen her lately.
-1eraS SJtings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
The Largest Farm in the World.

In the extreme southwest corner of
Louisiana lies the largest producing
farm in the world. 1t runs 100 miles
north and south and - miles east and
west, and is owned and operated by
syndicate of Northern capitalists.
Their general manager, j. Il. Watkins,
gives an interesting account of this
gigantic plantation, which throws the
great Dalrymple farm in Dakota in
the shade completely. The / 100000
acres of our tract, Mr.. Watkins said,
was purchased in 1888 from the State
of Louisiana and from the United
States Government. At that time it
was vast grazing land for the cattle of
the few dealers of the neighborhood.
When took possession | found over
80, 900 head of half-wild horses and
cattle. Ny work was to divide the inn
mense track into convenient pastures,
establishing stations or ranches every
six miles. The fencing alone cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000 The land
| found to be best adapted to rice, SUI
gar. corn and cotton. All our Guilt
waiting, ditching, etc, is done by steam
power. We take tract, say half a
mile for instance. and place an engine
on each side. The engines are port
able and operate cable attached to
four plows, and under this arrange
ment we are able to pillow thirty acres
a day with only the labor OF three
men. Our narrowing, planting and
other cultivation is done i'm like man
ner. In fact, there is not single
draught horse on the sntire place. We
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
De Lesseps's Second Wife.

Count de LessepS has been twice
married. and his present wife is more
than generation of years his junior.
There is u romance connected with
the marriage. Her name was Mile.
DE Braga, and his friends ut Paris
were wont, i'm speaking of her. to com
pare the courtship to that OF Othello
and Desdemona, says Carp in the
Cleveland Leader. One of them, in Il
letter published i'm London five years
ago, told the story of it as follows:
Like OthelO, De LesSeps won his
present beautiful wife by the narration
of his adventures and dangers. NJ. de
Lesseps is now on the verge of so. bat
in spite of his great age he retains the
hopefulness and freshness of youth,
and he has been compared, in this re-
spect, to Pythagoras, Tritian, and
Alexander Won Humboldt, and even TO
those heroes Of Indian legand who en-
Joy their lives twice over. At the age
of 6S NJ. de Lesseps was left widow
er, and had troop of grown-up sons
and daughters. Some few years after
it was reported, To the amaZement of
the world, that the lively septuagenar-
ian had married young creole maiden
of astonishing beauty, who has since
brought him six children. In GER
tain Partisan family where Nj. de Les
seps often visited there was bevy of
five sisters. The old man delighted to
gather them around him and relate
stirring episodes from his travels. One
day, while speaking of his experiences
in Palestine, he said that he had I'M
dergOne great dangers and difficulties
among the Arabs because they could
not conceive how Il man could live
without wife. The prettest of the
sisters innocently asked: why, then
do you not marry again?" Because
am too old" replied NJ. de LeSseps.
Besides, he added, ''if were to fall
in love with a young girl it would be
absurd to think that she would fall in
love with me-" "Who mows?' OBJ
served his questioner. Lesseps told
his young listeners about the rose of
Jericho, which, after being dried and
placed in water, again bursts into
bloom.
Soon afterward he obtained one of
these roses and presented it to the
young girls. In few days she APP
peared with the reblOssomed rose in
her hand, which she gave to the hon
ored guest, saying at the same time:
"See what a miracle the water has
effected upon the rose; ii is the bios
soming oflove in old age" Their eyes
met, and Nj. de Lesseps, believing that
his DesdemOna had a meaning in what
she said, quietly said: ''If you really
think that you dare venture to share
the remaining years of an old man,
here is my hand" But for his marri-
age it is very uncertain whether the
bold protector would have undertaken
his laboriOus task at Panama. She is
always at his side, and has been his
chief help and support throughout his
arduous conflicts with politicians,
money-lenders, inquirers and laborers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
A Matter OF Evolution.

A Psychologist has launched theory
that woman's fondness for scents is
due to her defective sense of smell. 1t
is matter of evolution. In the early
stages of his physical and intellectual
development man had to employ his
nose in the pursuit of game, while in
women, engaged in domestic work, the
sense of smell was not exercised. 1t
is said that women, owing to their de-
fective sense of smell, can endure a
perfume which is quite overpowerisg
TO men.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
A Boom I'm Real Estate.

Excited Tenant-"See here Mr..
Rackrent, there's spring broken
through my cellar walls and the cellar
is just Hooded Old Rackrent (calm-
ly-"That so? Good strong spring."
Excited Tenant should say strong;
We'll all be drowned if something
isn't done to that cellar" well, |
don't see but what Ill have to raise
your rent about 81 month; there's
nothing adds to the value of a house
so much as a good water supply. ~
Brooklyn Eagle
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
Persian Rigs.

Persian rugs are made by hand,
without a single exception. They are
stretched on frames as one would
make sampler, and all the family
work on them. a pattern for that
particular carpet is before them, which
they follow with more or less precis-
ion. according as their fancy suits
them. AS a rule. considerable license
is allowed for the expression of indi
vidual taste in working out these pat
terms. No two carpets are therefore
exactly alike, and the owner of an old
Persian rug may be reasonably sure
that while he may find other rugs re-
sembling his, not one that is absolute
ly identical exists. This quality gives
them a value similar to that possess
ed by an oil painting.
The Persian government has inter-
dicted the use of aniline dyes, which
threatened at one time TO ruin the soft
harmonious tints of the products of
the Persian loom. The rugs of Tur
kestan mistakenly called Bokhaha
rugs are dyed with aniline frequently,
since Turkestan is now under Russian
instead of Persian control; and the in
PRODUCTION of machine methods and
exact reproductions into Sultanabad in
Turkestan, which has recently taken
place, may prove death blow to this
peculiar industrial art. There is one
kind of rug made in Persia which
never leaves that country, on account
of its great weight and bulk and con-
sequent cost of transportation. This
Is kind of carpet felt, called NAM
ads. The ground is made first. the
desighn being beaten in with mallets
on one surface only. Another rug
which rarely reaches Europe is the
''ghilleem," made wholly or partly of
cotton. The rich colors are imperish-
able, and the rug can be washed like a
piece of calico. The so-called silk
rugs are used almost entirely for
hangings. They are rare, and of
course very costly. One lies before
the peacock throne of the Shah.-lSci-
entifc american.